38 Yo, 
| “Goes 
brown, 2-0z. pkt., 10c; 
5 lbs., $1.90, postpaid, 
37, 
(Burger’s Stringless.) 
10, 
light green, fleshy, 
to 30 inches, This 
garden. 
eye. 2-0z. pkt., 15c; 
9. BANSETI. 
very popular 

438. KENTUCKY WONDER, (65 days.) Banse. 
(Old Homestead.) The vines are very vigorous 
and productive, and bear large clusters of big 
round pods, about 9 or 10 inches long, curved, 
tender, very fleshy and of fine quality. Seeds buff 
brown. 2-0z. pkt.; 10c; 1% Ib., 30c; Ib., 50c; 
2 Ibs., 90c; 5 Ibs., $1.90, postpaid. 
predict that edible 
POLE SNAP BEANS 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX. 
The earliest of all the pole wax sorts. 
inches long, thick, decidedly crease-backed, very 
fleshy; brittle and somewhat stringy.. 
of fair quality. Color, light yellow. Seeds light chocolate 
WHITE late ae tee evar WONDER. 
ays. 
good climber, 4 to 5 feet tall. 
very green, tender, fleshy, stringless and fiberless and 
of good quality. Seeds oval-flat, white. Used as snap 
beans or for dry shelled purposes. 2-0z. pkt., 10c; Y% Ih., 
30c; lb., 50c; 2 Ibs., 90c; 5 lbs., $1.90, postpaid. 
ASPARAGUS OR YARD LONG. This va- 
riety is a native of South America, 
quite similar to Kentucky Wonder Bean. 
tender and fiberless; 
containing 7 to 8 beans. 
is a fine 
Seeds reddish brown with black circle around the 
\% Ib., 35c; lb., 60c, postpaid. 
EDIBLE SOY BEAN 
Soy beans in recent years have become 
commercially for 
and now attention is being turned to their use as a food. 
Many new varieties have been tried by the various agri- 
cultural stations and one of the most popular varieties is 
We introduced this bean several years ago and 
each year the demand has exceeded our 
soy beans will 
the more popular food crops. For illustration and complete 
description see page 32, Pkt., 10c; 4 Ib., 35c; 1 Ib., 60c; 
2 Ibs., $1.10; 5 Ibs., $2.30, postpaid. 
(68 days.) 
The pods are flat, 
Very attractive and 
14, 1b., 30c3 Ib., 50c; 2 lbs., 90c; 
Plant medium and a 
Pods 6% to 7 inches, sil- 
Habit of growth is 
Pods broad, oval, 
of good quality 
Pods average in length from 18 
novelty to grow in your 

Asparagus Bean, 
FIELD BEANS 
14. NAVY OR PEA BEAN. 
Popular baking bean since the time of 
the Civil War. Primarily a Field 
Bean but deserves a place in the gar- 
den. Don’t give it rich soil. 2-oz. 
DEt., l0cs t451b., 2ZOCh lp ope ss 2aLbs:, 
65c; 5 Ibs., $1.40, postpaid. By 
freight: Pk., $1.60; bu., $4.80; 5 bu., 
$4.70 per bu. 
35. DARK RED KIDNEY. The 
popular bean used in soups, salads, 
and chili, Our strain is the dark red. 
Y% Ib., 25c; 1lb., 45c, postpaid. 
many industrial purposes 
supply and we 
soon become one of 
“FOOD WILL WIN THE VICTORY AND WRITE THE PEACE” 
OLDS’ LIMA BEANS 
POLE LIMAS 
*30. DREER’S POLE LIMA. (Challenger.) 
(80 days.) This variety of Lima is desirable on ac- 
count of earliness and productiveness. The plants are 
vigorous and covered with large pods, measuring 3% 
to 4 inches long with pods well filled and 4 to 5 beans 
in each pod. Beans are oval in shape, thick, sweet 
and succulent. 2-o0z. pkt., 10c; YQ Ib., 35c; lb., 60c; 2 
lbs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $2.30, postpaid. 
GARDEN 
FOR 
ICTORY 
383. FORD’S MAMMOTH PODDED. (85 days.) The largest 
podded, finest flavored and most productive Pole Lima Bean. The pods 
average eight inches in length, with from five to seven beans in a pod, 
excellent either green or dry. The vines grow vigorously, set the beans 
early, and continue to bear until frost. 2-0z. pkt., 10c; 4% Ib., 30c; Ib., 
55c; 2 lbs., $1.00; 5 lbs., $2.10, postpaid. 
39. SCARLET RUNNER. (90 days.) A pole bean that is 
really a climbing bean and very ornamental. The blossoms are scarlet, 
the pods a beautiful green, shading to wine color when ripe. The large 
showy leaves are about the same color. Seed reddish brown, mottled 
black. Planted mostly for ornamental purposes but the beans are good 
to eat, both as snap and shelled beans. 2-0z. pkt,, 10c; Y% I1b., 35c; Ib., 
55c; 2 Ibs., $1.00, postpaid. 
NOTE: Plant Limas with the eyes down and in a warm location. Do 
not plant until the soil is thoroughly warm. Lima Beans should be har- 
vested while they are still green. Varieties marked % are recommended 
for freezing. 

McCrea’s Bush Lima. 

Claude Wickard, Secretary of Agriculture 
BUSH LIMAS 
*31. HENDERSON'S BUSH LIMA. 
(Baby Lima or Butter Bean.) (68 days.) The 
bush is not large, but the variety is earlier than 
any other Bush Lima. Pods are small containing 
3 or 4 small flat, white beans of good quality. 
A popular variety with canners. It is like the 
Golden Bantam Corn in that it is small, early 
and very good. We recommend this variety of 
Lima for the home garden. 2-oz. pkt., 10c; % 
lb., 30¢; Ib., 55c; 2 Ibs., $1.00; 5 Ibs., $2.10, 
postpaid, 
28. , GREEN SEEDED HENDERSON. 
(Clark s Bush.) Our new bush lima bean re- 
sembling Henderson’s except that the seeds are 
always green. See page 30 for illustration and 
complete description. Pkt., 10c; % lDjieoDGs 
1Ib., 60c; 2 lbs., $1.10; 5 Ibs., $2.30, postpaid, 
#344, FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. (75 
days.) The highest in quality and the most 
prolific of all the Bush Lima Beans. An im- 
proved variety with plants growing erect and 
bearing well above the ground. Pods are me- 
dium green in color; 4 to 5 incheg long, and pro- 
duced in large clusters; they contain from 3 to 
5 large beans of fine quality. The beans are 
white, with greenish tinge, thick and meaty. 
2-0z, pkt., 10c; 1%, Ib., 35c; Ib., 60c; 2 Ibs., 
$1.10; 5 Ibs., $2.30, postpaid. 
*384. BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH 
LIMA. (75 days.) Early, large and produc- 
tive. Both beans and pods are larger than in 
the old Burpee’s Bush Limas, usually aver- 
aging one more bean to the pod. Also earlier. 
The bush is vigorous in growth and has a 
heavy foliage. Pods are uniform in size, with 
an average of five beans to a pod. Beans are 
large, thin skinned and of fine flavor. The 
pods are borne in clusters, 2-o0z, pkt., 10c; 
% Ib., 30c; Ib., 55c¢; 2 lbs., $1.00; 5 Ibs., 
$2.10, postpaid. 
82. McCREA’S BUSH LIMA. (75 
days.) A new Bush Lima that will withstand 
heat, cold and wet weather better than any 
other large variety. The small pods contain 
four to five large, green tinted, unusually 
sweet flavored thin-skinned thick potato-type 
seeds. Bushy stalk and a heavy producer. 
Beans swell to a large size when cooked, Ex- 
cellent dry Lima for winter use, 2-oz. pkt., 
10c; % 1b., 35c; Ib., 60c; 2 lbs., $1.10; 5 
Ibs., $2.30, postpaid. 














*29. BABY POTATO LIMA. (70 
days.) Our new thick seeded» Baby Lima. 
See page 32 for illustration and description. 
2-02. pkt., 10c; % Ib., 35c; Ib., 60c; 2 Ibs., a 
$1.10; 5 lbs., $2.30, postpaid,” ae 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima. 
